"After delighting Portland with the debut of its Geek
Olympathon last June, the Portland Geek Council of Commerce and Culture
(PGC3) is proud to announce that the city-wide nerd-fest will return May
19! After forming a team of up to five members, participants
will compete in geeky contests and events all over Portland in order to
win fantastic prizes, including tickets and hotel accommodations for
five to the world’s premier gaming festival, PAX Prime in Seattle from
August 31-September 2. Both weekend and single-day passes to this
convention have completely sold out, so you won’t want to miss out on
this opportunity!

The Geek Olympathon will commence Saturday, May 19 at 9 a.m. at
Backspace (115 NW 5th Ave) with opening ceremonies and a Racing the
Tubes bike race sponsored by Old Town Computers. Backspace will also
provide free house coffee and facilities for last-minute team
registration. Individual events will run from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and
be hosted in a number of locations in Portland. Entry is $25 for teams
of up to five people or $5 per individual, and teams can register online
at PGC3.org/Olympathon."

After the day’s events are over, participants will face the final
competitions and be awarded prizes at the Awardathon, an epic
celebration at the Eagles Lodge at 4904 SE Hawthorne from 8 p.m. to
close. Here, teams will compete in a special edition of Things From
Another World’s Geek Trivia with Cort Webber and Bobby Roberts of
“cortandfatboy” before they are awarded prizes for their performance in
the Olympathon, as well as bonus awards for overall participation.